The benefits of caloric restriction for body, mind, and soul Easter is one of the main venues people remind themselves of fasting. But fasting is not just a trend of religious…
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What is fiber? Dietary fiber (also called roughage) is a part of plant foods that cannot be digested by gastrointestinal enzymes. It consists mainly of non-starch polysaccharides, is a carbohydrate, and…
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Where can we find vitamin B12? Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) is a water-soluble vitamin that cannot be made by animals nor by humans nor plants but by bacteria and archaea. These bacteria…
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Where can I find fructose naturally? If you want to sweeten your food or drink with a less processed sweetener than table sugar, you can make use of (corn) syrup or…
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Well, what is „vegan“? Well, „vegan“ is nothing more than an adjective saying „without any animal product“. So, vegans avoid meat, fish, milk and dairy products, honey, eggs, and even products…
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Stevia – Plant Power from Central and South America Stevioside is extracted from the leaves of a plant called Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, which is a plant mainly cultivated in Central and…
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What is sugar? Some love it, some avoid it. But what does the word “sugar” mean scientifically? Sugar we usually know is a disaccharide. Disaccharides are carbohydrates that are part of…
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What is spirulina? Spirulina is a type of blue-green algae also called cyanobacteria. It grows naturally in oceans and salty lakes basically in South and Middle America, Africa and Australia. Due…
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Is there any difference? Germany is well-known for its bakery culture and the variety of wholewheat and sourdough bread you can buy all over the country. Switzerland and Austria have this special…